compassion
Compassion is the wish for sentient beings to be free from suffering and its causes. Posts include teachings and meditations on how to develop and increase compassion.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Dealing with criticism
How parents can help their children with anger and how to deal with criticism and…
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Anger can be addictive: how to calm the adrenalin rush of anger.
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Incarcerated people 
Loss of a loved one to suicide
Healing from a loved one's suicide by transforming the traumatic experience into a cause for…
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Chapter 1: Verses 7-36
Encouragement to really make the generation of bodhicitta the foremost thing in our life, leading…
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He meant well, dear
How to meditate on compassion when watching the news generates agitation and anger in your…
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Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche The root of all happiness
In his preface to "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart," Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why practicing compassion…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Awakening compassion
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's foreword to "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart," on how the Chenrezig…
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Feeling bad helps our practice
Recognizing that when we feel good, it becomes harder to practice, and having compassion without…
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37 Practices: Verses 22-24
Emptiness - how everything exists by being labeled by mind, and the way we choose…
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